CHAPTER 2733: 2733. GROWING TREES

"You called me from a meeting to help water mages spread fertilizer?" The growl in Current’s voice was met with an equal glare from Ignus.

"If you are a fool then believe that to be the case. If you listen this time, you would know you are helping with all of the farm lands and food that the entire alliance relies on." This matching growled response from Ignus was enough to make it even clearer to Current that this was not something small and worthless.

"Ignus, stop fighting with Current and have him take the larger barrel in to the sky and start spreading it along the route to the forest elf territory. The sooner the better before those pests start to spread in to the forests and fields." Hearing that Remey was serious and not acting the way he had seen, Current finally took the situation more seriously.

While everyone had their own thoughts and judgments of one another. Current and Ignus had butted heads a few times lately in terms of supplies and who had what right to have elder dragons govern what. The past between them had also been like this. They had even fought for a territory where the lava fields and a river clashed.

Regardless, they had moved past that but still struggled when one or the other would call on their elder dragons or even their dragonkin for something. They would always be slightly obtuse. Right now, it was clear that Current was giving back the same response she had received once upon a time. At the very least, he was hearing the same tone of voice and frustration he had been given.

Yet, the fact that others were involved proved that Ignus had just missed the details when sending dragonkin to get him here. Now that he was seeing the little monsters that were bringing him here and all the work done with the odd potion Remey was dripping in to these larger barrels of water, he turned to a more serious tone. "How large of an area do we need to spread this?"

"Just enough to cover the main trail to the forest elf territory. We have a few elder water dragons and water images working together to get the farmer’s fields covered. The herbalists are stocking some of the potions for the greenhouses and herb gardens just in case. These glutton aphids are a problem we have to handle now while they are too small to cause major issues." Hearing Gil explain things and witnessing Scylla call forward a squad of soldiers to bring barrels away was more than enough for Current to begin instructing others as well with more vigor.

Once Current took off in to the air and the mist started to fall in how wake, the water mages nearby also started working faster. When Current returned, if he were to see them working harder and hear of their effort, they might have a chance to learn something from him. Out of all the royal dragons, Current had been the one to stop what he was doing and randomly start to help the water mages or anyone with water mana affinity fix issues in their manipulation of water mana.

While some would say that was due to his arrogance in how powerful he is for manipulating water mana, others would know more. The other royal dragons had noticed this along with the party too, Current was more focused on what he had missed out on his whole life.

As a royal water dragon that could see the best aspects of water mana mani[pualtion, he had always expected his abilities to be the best. His understanding to be the best. Yet, he found he had not known an extremely large amount of what made water mana water mana once he had met Walker and begun meeting other races. Hence why he had spent months going in to underground rivers and studying the flow of water.

In his mind, he was learning about the flow of water within the world. Meeting those who did not understand the flow of water like him often led to a new understanding of water mana from different perspectives. Current was learning while teaching. He was growing rapidly because he didn’t realize he had been stagnant for so many years.

Thrusting the party and believing in them at first had turned in to something well beyond what he had ever expected it to be. Especially since he had supported them but also had a solid distance between them due to the party not being dragons. Now, he had changed his function so much that it was hard to tell if he was the same Current as he was now.

Gil was sprinting along behind Current. He was carefully watching as the mist came around the affected trees and noticed the glutton aphids halting in their movements. It also most seemed more peaceful for them.

They were a small monster that could grow much larger and metamorphose in to something more dangerous. However, they were born with the obsessive need to eat without rest or halting. If they did they would die. But because they only had that one instinct they lacked even the smallest intelligence to preserve their lives. Meaning that they were essentially mindless.

While they slowly fell off the trees and perished, they were relaxed for the first time in history since Gil was sure that these monsters had never sated their hunger even one time.

He did see a lot of damage to the younger trees which was the reason that the farmers were being escorted behind him. They would be healing the damage to the trees. However, there were more than just farmers following him. Some of the other elites who had the strength were carrying herbalists, plant mages, and even a few young druids. Simply because they would sense what the trees needed and be able to begin offering the worst off trees healing so that the forest elf queen could safely travel.

Yet, when Gil found himself looking at three trees almost barren of leaves, he knew that he had to use the potions Remey had prepared for him as well.

The nutrient potions were not just made for people. There were nutrient potions made for each race since Remey had worked so hard to ensure that that was a special subject of research to help the youngest of each race recover or grow properly. The alchemy guild had an entire team dedicated to researching this side by side with healers.

Yet, the farmers had also had their nutrient potions made to be able to help their plants. The herbalists had also made sure to work on this. It was already something done before Genesis existed, but had only improved by leaps and bounds since Genesis appeared in the world. The alliance provided the place for these minds to meet. To grow freely.

The potions were poured as quickly as Gil could manage. He didn’t need teaching since his parents had worked hard farming all their life. His father as a hunter taught him to respect nature while his mother guided him to see what plants needed.

The reaction to the trees getting added nutrients over their roots was almost instant. Some leaning branches began to stiffen while a few buds sprouted out showing a light new green. The trees hadn’t lost their life; they had just struggled for a bit. But they would recover.

"Did you come to meet us? Or did you solve the problem from your end?" The voice came from a formation of vines and roots on the ground.

"Thank you for the compliment there. I came to solve the problem you seem to notice. I hope you and I can meet properly soon." The forest elf queen had connected her senses to the tree and followed the feeling of relief only to find and sense Gil. Her skills were unique and her attunement amazing. Even more so, the fact that Gil immediately understood it was her proved the value in his strength yet again.

"We set out and have worked on the glutton aphids along the route. Your method is more efficient. We will be Interested once we meet you in a couple of hours." The roots and vines melted back in to the earth and trees. Gil just needed to wait now for the escort and forest elf queen to arrive.

As more of the elites caught up to him along with those helping the trees, Gil explained the situation and prepared to meet everyone. He had managed well enough by gathering those with the skills necessary to assist. From this point on, he just needed to ensure that everyone got along safely and happily. The stress could be tossed away now that the problem had been dealt with quickly before it escalated.

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